I've got a certain personality and such that rubs people the wrong way. I'm also highly forward and used to about everything these days. I use references a lot as well, in this case I was poking someone who looked interesting, and told him he could ask a friend we had in common about me if he wanted.

Instead, I said something that offended the guy, he didn't tell me that I had offended him. He took it out on the person I used as a reference, and then that friend of mine also blocked me.

So I feel that I shouldn't bother trying anymore, I'm tired of it. I hate trying to get to know new people because there's always some problem that causes it to not work and often times its worse than just stopping talking to that new person and affects more than just the new person and me.